I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"At any time, the priority of protecting the safety of the common people is higher than arresting thieves."

"Besides, with our current number of people, it is impossible to catch those two people."

"In short, move the people and the wounded to a safe place now."

"The rest will be discussed later."

After finishing speaking, Hasegawa turned his head and counted the number of people.

Not one of his subordinates is missing.

Isshiki's family also has a lot of family members.

That "goatee old monk" hmm...?

Hasegawa opened his eyes, and hurriedly looked around.

"Hello!" Hasegawa hurriedly asked the subordinates beside him, "Where's the old monk with the goatee? Have you seen him?"

The subordinates, who were belatedly aware of it, hurriedly cast their inspection gazes around.

The "old monk with a goatee" who was swaggering in the middle of the road to stop the car just now disappeared...

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Lin saw many pictures that were sealed deep in her mind appearing and dissipating before her eyes one by one.

Looking at the scenes that kept flying in front of her eyes, Lin immediately realized that she must be dreaming now.

Knowing that she is dreaming now, Lin can't wake up no matter what.

It was as if his body was being tied to a chair, his limbs could not move, and he could only watch the memory pictures stored in his mind pop up in front of his eyes.

Among the constantly appearing and disappearing pictures, only one scene remained, and then slowly solidified, and finally condensed into a specific scene.

Lin could tell at a glance: this was the hillside where she used to play when she was a child.

It was not until after her grandmother and mother passed away that she left her hometown with Yuan Yi and went out to make a living.

Before that, she had been living with her family in a remote village in Satsuma.

The poor life when she was young, on the contrary, sharpened Lin's willpower.

With this tempered will, as well as her efforts, talents and opportunities, she built the gourd house in a very short time.

In fact, Lin didn't have such a hard life since she was born.

Before her father died and her elder brother took all the belongings of the family and ran away from home, although Lin's life was not rich and well-clothed, she was still well-fed.

On weekdays, I even have time to play on a small hill not far from home.

Looking at the hillside in front of me, looking at the extremely familiar plants and trees in front of me... Lin guessed that her gaze must be quite soft.

This is her childhood paradise.

It is also a "treasure" that she cherishes very much until now.

However, just as Lin was looking at this treasure land that meant a lot to her with nostalgia, out of the corner of her eyes, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a petite figure that made her open her mouth involuntarily.

She saw herself.

She saw herself who was two sizes smaller than her current self, running towards a certain dead tree on the hillside with the unique "bouncing" footwork of children.

and many more……!

Lin's pupils shrank suddenly after seeing this scene.

this is……!

She recalled it suddenly.

Looking back...it was when she was 4 years old..."that incident".

Stop, don't go there Lin subconsciously wants to warn "Little Lin" who is still running towards the dead tree.

But she found that she couldn't make a sound.

She couldn't move her body either.

She can only...like a spectator, watching "Xiao Xiaolin" rush towards the dead tree, towards the boy who was squatting under the dead tree.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

"Xiao Xiaolin" asked the boy crisply.

The boy raised his head and showed a gentle smile to "Xiao Xiaolin".

"A smelly cat scratched me just now, so I'm trying to teach him a lesson."

"I was just about to see if a cat would still be cute after being skinned."

After speaking in a natural and comfortable tone, the boy moved his body to the side to give enough space so that "Xiao Xiaolin" could see clearly what he had been tinkering with just now.

Under the boy's body was a kitten that had been skinned from the head, only half of the skin was skinned.

The kitten has only half of its body and fur left.

Only the bloody body remained in the upper half of the body.

When the boy stepped aside, the furless face of the kitten happened to be facing "Little Xiaolin".

The kitten's eyes, which had lost any expression, happened to meet "Xiao Xiaolin"...

At this point in the dream, the scene in front of him began to blur and distort.

When the dream was shattered, the last voice Lin heard was the scream of "Little Lin"...

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"Um……"

Lin murmured softly, and slowly opened her eyes.

I am...?

Just waking up from a dream, Lin, whose mind was still in chaos, scanned her surroundings with blank eyes.

She found herself in a slightly dark room now.

There is almost no furniture, only some simple furniture such as tables and cabinets.

Lin subconsciously wanted to move her body.

But after moving her hands and feet, she suddenly found that she couldn't move.

He hurriedly looked down and saw that she was tightly tied to a European-style wooden chair.

The upper body is tied tightly to the back of the chair.

Two legs of the lower body are tied together with two chair legs respectively.

The only thing that can move on the body is the area above the neck.

The memory before falling asleep quickly flashed in Lin's mind at this moment.

Invited by Yukimura, who is almost a half member of her gourd house, to go to Yukimura's house alone for a dinner...

Before eating a few mouthfuls of food, a large group of unknown people with guns rushed out...

Due to the surprise attack, she was unable to make preparations in time, coupled with the large number of enemies, all armed with artillery, and the terrain was also very unfavorable to Lin, so even though she had launched a counterattack immediately, she was still outnumbered. Knock down, stun.

When I wake up again... it is now.

Where exactly is this place? !What about Gamiya and the others? !

At this moment, Lin noticed that there was a window on the wall not far from her.

She stretched her neck hard, trying to look out the window along the window.

However, due to the lack of body height and limited angle, Lin stretched her neck a little, and she couldn't see the scene outside the window.

But although she couldn't see the scene outside the window, she could smell the smell and the sound coming from the window.

She smelled the salty smell of the sea.

She heard the sound of waves lapping on the shore.

I am... at the beach?

Lin was shocked that she was now at the seaside

"Oh, Xiaolin, you're awake."

"Because I think you're about to wake up, so I've been waiting here, waiting for you to wake up."

"Looks like I've been waiting right."

These words... No, it should be this voice, as if it has some magical power over Lin.

Lin felt her nerves... numb at this moment.

The pupil zooms to the size of a pinhole at this moment.

As if she couldn't wait to know the truth, she suddenly turned her head to look in the direction of the male voice just now.

Just now, because she just woke up, her mind was still in a state of chaos, her sanity was not clear, and the room was rather dark, so Lin didn't realize until now that there was a young man sitting in an inconspicuous corner of the room.

With a gentle smile on his face, the young man slowly got up and walked towards Lin.

Seeing this young man who was getting closer and closer to her, Lin was terrified at first, and then the horrification on her face slowly turned into anger as if seeing an enemy.

"Xinxiu...!" Lin gritted her teeth and squeezed out the young man's name from between her teeth.

"Xiaolin, long time no see." Toyotomi Nobuhide said softly, "We haven't seen each other for... how many years?"

Lin, as if wanting to stay away from Toyotomi Nobuhide, struggled a few times with her body tightly bound to the chair.

"I knew you would not be honest after you woke up." Toyotomi Nobuhide continued to smile, "So I tied you up first."

"Don't struggle. You can't break free."

"So that's how it is..." Lin raised her head, her gaze seemed to wish she could immediately pick up a knife and kill Toyotomi Nobuhide, "Are those iron gunners who suddenly appeared and knocked me out all yours? !"

"That's right." The smile on Toyotomi Nobuhide's face became stronger, "The whole process of catching you...was much easier than I imagined."

"...Where is this place?"

Lin's originally rapid breathing gradually calmed down, and her body stopped struggling.

The ferocious eyes staring at Toyotomi Nobuhide had calmed down a lot.

But when she looked at Toyotomi Nobuhide, the disgust and hatred in her eyes didn't change much.

"Oh..." Seeing Lin who regained her composure so quickly, Nobuhide Toyotomi exclaimed in a low voice, "As expected of my sister, Nobuhide Toyotomi, she recovered her composure so quickly."

Toyotomi Nobuhide glanced at the next window.

"We are on my battleship now. And here is the room I live in."

"Battleship?" Lin was startled.

"Battleship: Nikki Maru." Toyotomi Nobuhide raised his hand and patted the wooden wall next to him, "In order to get this Nikki Maru and the Gourd Maru next to it, I almost smuggled my family property accumulated over the years. Hollowed out."

"But it's worth it."

"What do you want to do?!" Lin's voice became agitated again uncontrollably, "Suddenly caught me and brought me to the ship, what are you going to do?!"

"I don't want to do anything." Toyotomi Nobuhide slowly knelt down at this time, so that his eyes were on the same level as Lin's. "I just suddenly missed you and wanted to see you, so I..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lin:

"Shut up! You don't even believe such words!"

Lin gritted her teeth, the flames of hatred in her eyes were burning.

"If you are really such a sentimental person, why would you take away all the belongings in the house before you ran away from home, and never returned home?"

"Oh..." Nobuhide Toyotomi raised his hand and scratched his hair with a smile on his face, "Xiao Lin, I can't believe that you haven't seen each other for so many years, and you still haven't changed at all... Once you talk to me , so aggressive."

"Okay, then I won't be joking."

Toyotomi Nobuhide put down his hand that was scratching his hair.

"After a while, the ship will set sail eastward and head for Edo."